The Frog And The Princess Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Dm][C][Dm][D]

[Verse 1]
I was amazed when I first [Dm]saw
Grace [F]Jones[C][D]
She was the first to take radical fashion out of
its predictable Parisian context
And bring it [Dm]into the music scene,
where I had always thought it be[C]longed[D]
The first night watching her in La Mouche,
I had already decided to work with her
That night, she was [Dm]singing her hit song "I [D]Need a Man" to
a room full of shrieking [G]gay [D]bob[Dm]bysockses
The ambigu[F]ity of her [C]act was that she herself looked [D]like a man—a man,
singing "I Need a Man" to a bunch of [Dm]men[D][Dm][C][D]
I could see how the average guy could get
a little scared by her physical appearance
It was so powerful, I thought she was,

[Verse 2]
I thought she was great
[D]
I photographed her in different posi[F]tions
[C]I cut her legs a[G]par[D]t, leng[F#m]thened them,
[D]turned her body to face the audience
[Dm]Soon, I found my[D]self living to the very fast
rhythm of Grace [Dm]Jones[D][Dm][D][Dm][Gm][G]
[C]We would go out dancing,
[D]all nig[Dm]ht, every night
I was [D]com[C]pletely [Am]neglecting
[C]my [Dm]work[C][D][C][Dm]
An intense, [D]hysterical ro[Dm]mance
developed between Grace and [D]I[Dm]
[D]But I ran out of money and realized I had to sto[Dm]p all this
[C]bullshit and go back [D]to work
[Dm][Am][C][D]

[Verse 3]
I had this [A]idea of [D]using [C]Grace as [Eb]the
ideal [Dm]vehicle for [A]my work[D]
She had inspired me
On tour, we used to improvise, thinking of an [Eb]idea [A]at [Ebm]break fast [C#]and
[D]working it out directly [F]on stage[A][D][D]
[F][G][A][G][D]
I decided, deliberately,
[D]to [C]mythologize Grace Jones
[D]Black, shiny, muscular people, [C#]ahh,
[B]aer[Ebm]odynamic in [C#]design[B][F#m][A]
'Twas to em[C#]phasi[D]ze t[G]his [Em]belief t[F#m]hat I painted Grace Jones [D]blue,[F#m][E]
[F#m]black[Ebm][D]

[Interlude 1]
[C#][B][Bb][D]

[Verse 4]
I am no [D]longer sure what I fell in love with,
[Dm]Grace or m[Eb]y ide[D]a of what Grace should be
For the two years following the birth of our son,
[C]the[D]re was nothing else in my life[F][D][G][A][D][A][D]
Grace let me take her over [Dm]completely
[F][Dm]

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][D][Dm][D]

[Verse 5]
(Slave!) [D]But then
I [F]discovered [D]that wha[Eb]t I was[D] making[G]
[D]was speeding too far beyond what was there
By [Dm]the time [F]our [D]"One Man Sho[Dm]w" reached the[D] US, I knew I'd lost her

[Outro 1]
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